MALIBU, Calif. -- After a season-opening win at home, the Pepperdine men's basketball team will hit the road for its next two games. The Waves will first visit UC Riverside on Wednesday before making the trek east to contend with Central Michigan on Saturday.

WAVECASTS -- A live audio broadcast of both the UC Riverside and Central Michigan games will be free to all users at www.pepperdinesports.com. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein is behind the microphone (now in his 29th season, he has a streak going of 846 consecutive broadcasts).

SOCIAL MEDIA -- On Twitter, get the latest news on the men's basketball program at @PeppBasketball and follow our coaches at @MartyWilson4, @CoachMarkAmaral, @Coach_BMoore and @jimpelman. You can also like the Pepperdine Men's Basketball and/or Pepperdine Athletics pages on Facebook.

HOOPS EXTRA -- Pepperdine is providing more insider content to its fans this season via the Hoops Extra basketball blog, which can be accessed at www.pepperdinesports.com/hoopsextra.

MOBILE APP -- Pepperdine Athletics has launched a mobile app for iPad, iPhone and Android users. The app is free to download and features live scoring updates, news stories, on-demand video, photo galleries and much more. A subscription platform is also available to watch live video of home games. Go to your app store and search for "Pepperdine Athletics."

UC RIVERSIDE -- Pepperdine leads the all-time series with UC Riverside, 4-1. Last year's game (a 62-40 Waves win in Malibu) was the first matchup since 1977. Pepperdine has split the two previous meetings in Riverside with the Highlanders. UCR, which lost at San Diego State, 77-41, in its season opener, was picked to finish ninth in the Big West Conference.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN -- This is the end of a three-game series between Pepperdine and Central Michigan. The Chippewas won each of the last two years in Malibu. The first contest in 2011-12 was the first-ever meeting between the schools. CMU, which opened the season with a 101-49 home win over Manchester, was picked to finish sixth in the Mid-American Conference's West Division.

LAST GAME --Stacy Davis scored a career-high 24 points and several Waves had very good debuts as Pepperdine beat NAIA school San Diego Christian, 81-68, at home on Saturday (Nov. 9) in the season opener. Two of the most impressive debuts came from Lamond Murray Jr. (13 points) and Brendan Lane (12 points, 14 rebounds, seven blocks). Lane's seven blocks were the most by a Wave since Jarrad Henry set a school record with 11 in February 2007. The Waves shot 52.5% from the field overall and a 14-0 run early in the second half was key to the victory.

MORE ON DEBUTS -- Seven of the 12 Waves that got into the game vs. San Diego Christian were playing in their first contest for Pepperdine, as were six of the nine players that scored and four of the five starters. The new guys (which includes Brendan Lane, a redshirt) combined for 48 of the 81 points (59%).

HOME/SEASON OPENERS -- With the win against San Diego Christian, Pepperdine now has a 42-34 record in season openers, though the Waves have won just three of the last 12. Since 1944-45, the Waves now have a record of 52-18 all-time in home openers (and 32-9 in Firestone Fieldhouse). In games that have doubled as the season opener and the home opener, the Waves are now 30-10 since 1944-45 (and 16-4 in Firestone Fieldhouse).

2013-14 HONORS --Stacy Davis, last season's WCC Newcomer of the Year, was named to the preseason All-WCC first team.

INJURY UPDATE --Jett Raines will miss at least the first few weeks of the season with a hand injury.

ROSTER NUMBERS -- Fans will recognize half of the Waves' team, but the other half is brand new. Pepperdine returns eight players (seven letterwinners plus redshirt Brendan Lane) while bringing in eight newcomers (one JC transfer and seven freshmen). The returners accounted for 49% of last season's points and rebounds. Nikolas Skouen is the only player that enters 2013-14 having already competed in multiple seasons at Pepperdine. The roster breakdown is three seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and seven freshmen. All 13 scholarships are being utilized and there are three walk-ons.

WILSON -- This is Marty Wilson's third year as head coach at Pepperdine and his 17th season in Malibu. He has compiled an impressive record here beginning as a student-athlete (1985-89), continuing as an assistant coach (1991-96, which included a brief stint as the interim head coach) and then returning as the associate head coach for three seasons (2009-11) under Tom Asbury. He was then elevated to the position of head coach following Asbury's retirement after the 2010-11 season. Wilson was also an assistant at San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and Utah inbetween stints at Pepperdine and has been a Division I coach for 23 seasons. He ended his playing career #5 all-time in assists at Pepperdine with 342 (he's still #9). The team went to the NCAA Tournament twice and the NIT twice in Wilson's four seasons on the court. As a Pepperdine assistant, the team took part in the NCAA Tournament three times and the NIT once.

ASSISTANTS -- Almost all of Pepperdine's staff is back, but some are in different roles. Associate head coach Mark Amaral and assistant coach Bryant Moore are both in their third seasons. Amaral and Marty Wilson were assistants together at UC Santa Barbara for four seasons. Moore worked with the Cleveland Cavaliers for five seasons in a variety of roles, including player development coordinator, during the LeBron James era. John Impelman, who was the director of operations the past two seasons, has been promoted to assistant coach. Impelman is the great-grandson of UCLA coaching legend John Wooden. Jon Pastorek, last year's graduate manager, is now the director of operations.

WCC -- The West Coast Conference has gone from eight to nine and now to 10 schools over the last few years. Brigham Young joined prior to 2011-12, and Pacific rejoined in 2013-14. The coaches' preseason poll went in the following order: Gonzaga, BYU, Saint Mary's, San Francisco, San Diego, Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Santa Clara, Portland and Pepperdine. But, in each of the last five years, Pepperdine has finished better than predicted (which coincides with when Marty Wilson came back to the program).

NON-CONFERENCE NOTES -- The Waves will try for a win against a Pac-12 school for the third straight year with their visit to Washington State. They beat the Cougars at home last season and Arizona State on the road two years ago ... The Waves will play in the Great Alaska Shootout for the second time (the first was the inaugural tournament in 1978, which included a Pepperdine win against 10th-ranked Indiana) ... Last season Pepperdine went 3-1 against the Big West, and the Waves will play three Big West teams this season (at UC Riverside, vs. Cal State Fullerton, at UC Irvine).

PEPPERDINE BASKETBALL -- This is the 76th season of Pepperdine men's basketball, and the 41st season that the Waves have called Firestone Fieldhouse home. The Waves began the campaign with an all-time record of 1,152-992 (.537). Pepperdine has been to the NCAA Tournament 13 times (last in 2002) and has won 12 West Coast Conference regular-season titles (last in 2002) and three WCC Tournament crowns (last in 1994). Did you know that William "Bird" Averitt led the nation in scoring in 1972-73 with 33.9 points per game?

CAMPUS LIFE PROJECT -- In May 2011, Pepperdine launched The Campaign for Pepperdine, the largest fundraising campaign in the University's history. The goal is to raise $450 million to support the Campus Life Project, which will benefit the entire campus. The key piece for Athletics is a new, state-of-the-art, 5,000-seat University Events Center, which will replace Firestone Fieldhouse as the Waves' home. The project has been approved by the County of Los Angeles and the California Coastal Commission, so the biggest step remaining before the arena can be built is fundraising.

2013/2015 NCAA WEST REGIONALS -- Pepperdine University was the host institution for the 2013 West Regional of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and will do so again in 2015. The Waves partnered with AEG/Staples Center and the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission to bring NCAA postseason basketball to Los Angeles for the first time since 1994.

WAVES IN THE PROS -- Yakhouba Diawara, a former NBA veteran who now plays in Italy, competed in the 2012 Olympics for France. Mychel Thompson is the most recent Wave in the NBA, appearing in five games for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011-12 after making the squad as an undrafted free agent. He and Lorne Jackson are both currently in the NBA's D-League. Pepperdine had a streak of 34 consecutive seasons with at least one Pepperdine alum on an NBA roster, which began in 1976-77 after the ABA/NBA merger and ended in 2010-11. Seventeen former Pepperdine players have seen action in the NBA, a list that includes notables such as Dennis Johnson (a 2010 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee, the 1979 NBA Finals MVP and a three-time NBA champion) and Doug Christie (a 15-year NBA veteran who was a mainstay on the All-Defensive Team).

ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY -- Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports - one of just 16 schools to have accomplished this feat - and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment and is the only school not affiliated with a BCS-level conference. The Waves have earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, Calif., the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #57 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.